lemmyng

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, I could not split the conservative vote because I wouldn't vote conservative in the first place. In my riding I have one choice and one choice only, and that's to vote for the non-conservative candidate most likely to win, which happens to be liberal. Voting any other way is just throwing away my vote, which is a vote for the conservatives.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Could have started the latest mithril crop top fashion.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Because

a) The numbers may change between now and the election, b) even if the conservatives win, there's a chance to keep it from being a majority government, c) voting for a candidate in my riding that has zero chance to win will not make a chance, whereas by voting Lib I support a candidate that is more aligned with my views than the conservatives, and d) despite what you seem to be advocating with your rhetoric, I won't give in to defeatism.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (20 children)

Not giving the cons a federal government is the better of the long term strategies. We know the Conservatives want to emulate what's going on south of the border, and since I want to keep funding public services I'm going to swallow my pride and vote accordingly. Yes, an NDP win would be welcome, but I'll settle for a PC loss.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (27 children)

Strategic voting is still totally a plausible thing in my riding. Conservatives are consistently at 40% or so voter count, so I either vote for the liberal candidate that has been able to beat the cons by 1%, or I split the vote and hand the cons another riding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I'm a simple man. Toast, mayo, tomatoes, salt.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ayden, Brayden, Kayden, Bobayden... Can probably generalize this to "unique" spellings like Kayleygh, Kyrsrtyn, etc.

Waiting for Ruth to be popular again. No one makes pies like Ruth.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Go the Warhammer 40K emperor route: set up nukes worldwide, triggered by a pacemaker on me. I die, the world dies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't they also consider international airports a border?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Some films have slow pacing, and I struggle to pay attention. Most of the time I watch at 1.25x speed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Are they going to be binning those too?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Before Bioware there was Origin Systems: Ultima, Wing Commander, System Shock, BioForge...

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